牛油果

Chinese

		cow fat; beef tallow; butter	fruit; result
simp. and trad. (牛油果)		牛油	果

牛油果

Etymology

Possibly a calque of English butter fruit.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niúyóuguǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ jau⁴ gwo²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúyóuguǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióuyóuguǒ
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-yu²-kuo³
    • Yale: nyóu-yóu-gwǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niouyouguoo
    • Palladius: нююго (njujugo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúyóuguǒr
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄨㄛˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióuyóuguǒr
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-yu²-kuo³-ʼrh
    • Yale: nyóu-yóu-gwǒr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niouyouguool
    • Palladius: нююгор (njujugor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ joʊ̯³⁵ ku̯ɔɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ jau⁴ gwo²
    • Yale: ngàuh yàuh gwó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ jau⁴ gwo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ yeo⁴ guo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ jɐu̯²¹ kʷɔː³⁵/

Noun

牛油果

1. avocado (Classifier: 個／个 c; 隻／只 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鱷梨 (“avocado”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鱷梨 Mainland China, 酪梨 Taiwan
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	酪梨
	Malaysia	牛油果, 鱷梨
	Singapore	牛油果, 鱷梨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	牛油果
	Hong Kong	牛油果